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Dec 07, 2016Explorer
profdant139 wrote:
My point isn't that I am disappointed in my trailer -- far from it. I am very happy with it, and I intend to continue to take good care of it. But nothing lasts forever, especially when we take it off-road (slowly, but it's bumpy out there).
My point is that there must be a fair number of folks like me, who want a small tough trailer, rather than luxury. The market used to provide some products that filled this niche, but not now. Which is so strange, since the Australian market (far smaller than ours) provides a wide range of similar options. The advantage of having a market of 300 million people is that as a manufacturer, you can still make a profit by selling to a small fraction of the total. There are economy cars, and luxury cars, and off-road trucks, and so forth.
I just don't know how to persuade American trailer makers that they are missing out on a un-served niche.
Dan, I suspect your key word there is "niche". That narrows their sales opportunities.
When I think of your type of travel, I must admit I sometimes think of an Escape trailer ( out of Canada ). If you have not followed Jon Vermilye's blog, consider looking in on it. He talks a lot about his Escape trailer. For a while he pulled it with a Rav4, but he's using a Tacoma now.
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